Estonia builds a sun-powered rocket on wheels. Australia laughs. They don't care.
The Estonian national team is the first Baltic team to participate in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, the solar car world championship in Australia. This is a competition with a 35-year history, which has been launched to push the boundaries of both green technology and the capabilities of young talents. The documentary follows young Estonian engineers and software developers and tells the story through their eyes of how the solar car is developed, built and prepared for the challenge in one of the most complex competitions in the world. Young people have to face tough competition conditions, technical and mental challenges and competitors from the world's top universities.
Direction
Kask finds poetry in CAD software and panic.
Production
Access this intimate shouldn't be this gripping.
Director
Christian Johannes Kask
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Estonia's post-Soviet tech identity—this tiny nation of 1.3 million runs NATO's cyber defense center and invented Skype. Solaride is their weird flex.
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge has killed more university dreams than grad school. Teams regularly spend $500K+; Solaride's entire budget wouldn't cover MIT's coffee.
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